He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.

He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.

The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.

The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.

A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.